THE NEW YORKER music reviews in the World have won I him many friends, although not al- ways among the artists whom he has I criticized. Mr. Chotzinoff, erstwhile pianist to J ascha Heifetz, has lost none of his remarkable skill in ensemble and he produced as .fine a piano tone as we have heard this season. The performance of the Brahms A major Quartet by three-quarters of the Musi- cal Art Quartet and the World's critic was chamber music of a sort that would convert even those who are convinced that chamber music belongs in the home only. -R. A. S. NE.. W POPULAR RE..CORD5 Some tIling Unbelievable: Four Good T enors- Two Ladies WIlo Sing lnti- mately-M uszc On tIle Hoof A SK almost any musical man- ager to name the rarest thing in the business and he will repl y , " A good tenor." Gentlemen who can sing competently in the most popular of vocal ranges are scarce in recital; yet this month's record offer- ings present four tenors of uncommon ability. Victor has a doubling of "Diane," sung by Franklyn Baur, and "My Heart Will Tell Me So," which is in toned by Lewis James. Veteran examiners of this department will re- call our previous awards of honorary degrees to these excellent artists, and this new record warrants a renewal. James Melton, who used to be one of Roxy's amiable gangsters and who . "" f h R I IS now top tenor 0 t e eve ers, has two solos on a Columbia produc- tion-"Dear, On a Night Like This" and "Among My Souvenirs." If you don't know Mr. Melton's singing, you might as well start with thIs two- sided presentation, which has singular- ly ingratiating orchestral obbligati. Another tenor you ought to know is Frank Munn, who makes some of Brunswick's best records. Try "Watch- ing the World Go By" and "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" The "whispering" school 0 f song has a bright exponent in Beth Challis, who seems, at tImes, to be a female Jack Smith. Her Okeh interpretation of "An' Furthermore" is confidential and personal but not private. The ,,;; r; I J r 0 Ii' (t i i ' .J[/l"([{ -'-, . '-O :t.. r.il! Æ 1: --I THE NEW - KNOX SHOP " "" AT 711 FIFTH AVENUE I. ..:; -S .;;;.\..:- . l ,.. " -=-- '(i:,-- _ .. ... ." ......0_ ,.-. . .. . - II '.nnr,n _. . '. _.. _ I. ,.... ,...'" - _.' ..; ..., _, .. :._ . ""......." ..0.... . _ 11"'_ .....,.: t. ., '41"" ..=..........0...._ h. ....._._ "_ _,y.. . . .:'Y -.. . THE TALK OF THE TOWN F IFTH Avenue in the Fifties used to be a frigid and forebod- ing section. Those grim look- ing mansions did it, with their tightly- drawn curtains, their frowning fronts and their air of mystery. Never, never did they show a sign of anything so vulgar as life. Yet we always felt the curtains might sud- denly part and disclose a pair of lorg- nettes aimed directly at us-or maybe the leering face of Lon Chaney. t But the sunlight has finally broken through! With the coming of the smart shops to what used to be way, way uptown, this becomes one of New York's most fascinating centers. The latest, and smartest, of these places is the new Knox store at 711 5th Avenue, at 55th Street. Like the five other Knox Shops, it has some of the most alluring clothing on all this $24-and-a-keg-of-rum worth of Island. But in addition, "711 " shows some- thing new in store interiors. Appar- ently, Knox called in a good archi- tect, a good cabinet-maker and a good decorator; gave them a "fabu- lous sum" and turned them loose. The result is a revelation in sim- plicity-very refreshing in these days of the "Cathedral of the Cinema," the "Castle of the Wheatcake" and the "Temple of Tiffin." The good folk of Fifth Avenue were agog last week over a large body moving majestically and impressively northward. The phenomenon was recognized along the route as Gilmour F. Parker, in whose ample hands rests the management of the six Knox Shops. He was on his way to 711 Fifth Avenue Gi]' s inescapable presence in any Knox Shop is a magnet for notables. Two demon investigators, after three weeks' research, failed to report a single famous person in all New York who does not know him. \ / ......... s. New Yorkers have put down the new Knox Shop as one of those places that should be seen. The perfection of its Early American interior has, how- ever, caused a little confusion. For instance, they tell the story of the man who was a member of scores of Manhattan's Side-Street" clu bs". I He came in, looked around, walked up to a salesman and whispered, "A friend of mine told me I could buy a hat in here if I asked for Gil." P. S. He got the hat. * * * K NOX has shops at 40th Street and 5th Ave.; Singer Building; Roosevelt Hotel; Waldorf Hotel; Par- amount Building, and 711 5th Ave.j A dvertisemen f